The Museum as Medium
26.1 2015
History doesn’t repeat itself, Mark Twain said, but it does rhyme. Recently, when we combined 1920s dance machines (mechanical dance and new …
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History
4.1 2015
When Moderna Museet opened in the drill hall on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, on 9 May 1958, discussions about starting a new museum for 20th century art …
The art in a Larger World
1.10 2014
In the current political climate, it feels vital to promote the awareness that cultural impulses from other countries are what make us grow. The art …
Lina Selander at the Venice Biennale in 2015
9.9 2014
Lina Selander at Venice Biennale in 2015, Selander will be representing Sweden with a solo exhibition in the Arsenale. …
Collecting Geographies
28.2 2014
Moderna Museet is co-organiser of a three-day international conference in Amsterdam in spring 2014 on collection acquisition and exhibition …
200 works added to the Collection in 2013
30.12 2013
Moderna Museet has had an unusually successful year. During 2013, thanks to acquisitions and generous donations, its collection grew explosively. It …
With Ulf Linde an entire era comes to an end
1.11 2013
Last weekend, the art critic, musician, professor and former museum director Ulf Linde died. But for him, the Swedish art scene would have been very …